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League of Women Voters of the Rochelle Area
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-315
Scope and Contents
The League for Women Voters of the Rochelle Area organized in 1971 and became an official League in 1973. They work to provide information on relevant, voter oriented topics, as well as hold open forums for candidates, train future candidates, and register voters. The League often takes a two-year study on a particular issue. The materials within the collection document the Rochelle League’s formation and eventual acceptance into the National League of Women Voters. News articles relevant...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-2011; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Malta Women's Club; Yearbooks, Calendars, and Programs, 1915-1955
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.36a-b
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1915-1955
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Mendota Business and Professional Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-120
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a small portion of the records created by the Mendota Business and Professional Women’s Club; most of the documents pre-dating 1954 have been lost. Minutes, correspondence, treasurer’s records, and membership statements and lists detail club activities and membership statistics from 1954 to 1976. Nine scrapbooks (1937-1975) provide a brief look at the club’s contributions to community concerns and affairs, but contain little detail on monthly meetings. Information...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1979; Other: Date acquired: 12/12/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
PEO Sisterhood Chapter DX Records (DeKalb, Illinois)
Collection — Volume: 1-4
Identifier: RHC-RC-221
Scope and Contents
The P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter DX records date from the founding of the organization in 1933 through 2019. The records include a complete set of meeting minutes from April 1, 1933 through March 1, 1982. The four scrapbooks include newspaper articles, yearbooks, photographs, and programs for the chapter. A complete run of the national publication of the sisterhood, The P.E.O. Record, covers the time period from January 1982 through December 1989.
The Addenda received in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1933-2019
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
People Who Care Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-271
Scope and Contents
The materials in the People Who Care Records date from 1969 to 2007. Series I documents the case of People Who Care vs. the Rockford Board of Education from 1989 to 1999, and include reports and correspondence related to the lawsuit.
Series II, Rockford Schools, contains two subseries: Subseries A, History and Reports, contains a variety of documents dating from 1969 to 2001 dealing with Rockford’s Schools and includes information on Diversity, Controlled Choice, and Magnet Schools....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-2007; Other: Date acquired: 06/08/2004
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rochelle Business and Professional Women's Club Records
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-098
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the activities of the Rochelle Business and Professional Women’s Club from 1969-1980. Minutes and the “Nike Naks” newsletters provide the most comprehensive information on the Club’s activities. A major portion of the collection includes the papers of Karen Collier, President of the Rochelle B.P.W. Club (1975-1976), and State Young Career Women (YCW) Chairman (1976-1977). Included are the files of individual Y.C.W. candidates and the newsletters of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1968-1980; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-302
Scope and Contents
Series one contains organizational records, founding documents, constitution and by-laws, papers of board members and committees such as chapter regent, register, recording secretary, librarian and historian. It also contains records about the Rockford chapter, including awards, certifications and correspondence. This series also contains board meeting minutes; including general membership minutes, regular, executive, and special minutes.
The financial papers, series two, consist mostly...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-2011; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford College, 1955-1978, 1983
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.39a, b
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1978, 1983
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford League of Women Voters and the Fight Against Housing Discrimination, 1967 - 1968 by Paula Realini
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.25
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1968
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-178
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Rockford League of Women Voters from its founding in 1922 to the present. Included in Series I, is historical materials, by-laws, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newsletters. Among the broad range of topics covered in the Series II are nuclear power, China, education, ERA, flood control, housing, and the status of women. Most of the files fall within the 1960-1985 time period. Series III contains scrapbooks spanning the years from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922+; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/1985
Found in:
Northern Illinois University